Maxtor drive

[Collins]

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On Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:25:32 +0000 Brian Witowski
<brianw at torchlake.com> wrote:
> I didn't see the original problem with the Maxtor drive so I'll
> throw this out there.  If it doesn't apply, then ignore it.
> 

> I did a full scandisk, repaired errors, put in a new Maxtor 20 GB
> drive and did a Ghost.  
> To cut to the chase, the MBR was whacked.  I did 'fdisk /mbr' and it
> booted.  I didn't try to Ghost to another brand HD but I would like
> to know if this was a maxtor issue or if Ghost somehow didnt
> transfer the MBR properly.  
> 


My bet would be ghost.  I've not encountered any problems at all with
Maxtor drives.  I did use the Maxtor diskcopy once to replicate my old
drive, and it did not whack the mbr.

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